One day, in my day job someone wanted a task done and I had to think — I tried, but, I did not have any thoughts. I felt numb. I felt lethargic. I felt braindead. I had been observing these symptoms for a couple of months now. I recently had a physical exam and everything came normal. Some of my colleagues (who were in their 40s) said our faculties slow down once we hit 40. I ...
Growth mindset manifesto
Our minds are not set in stone. We get to choose and change our mindset. Recently, I came across the body of work by Carol Dweck at Stanford School of Psychology and the TEDx talk by Eduardo Briceno. That left me reflecting about my own mindset. ...
12 insights from 15 years in tech industry
Last month I reached a important milestone - it’s been 15 years since I started working in the technology industry. I have been fortunate to work in a wide range of roles, worked with and for several companies through the globe, worked in on technologies from semiconductors to cloud that has enabled me to develop a broad perspective. I want to leverage this milestone to b ...
An extra degree of separation
Technology has taken control of our lives. I see myself reaching out for my cell phone all the time, sometimes even when I am driving (scary! And yes I am guilty too). I am guilty of reaching out for my phone, when I am having dinner with family (not the example I want to set my kids). ...
Defending products in the copying economy
Recently, one of my friend was furious as said “Damn the competition copied my product’s killer feature and I don’t know what we should do next to compete”. The blunt reality whether we like it or not : our product features will inevitably get copied overnight by competition, even worse a company in China will clone our entire product and sell it to the same customers at hal ...